Funny Trivia: 150 Weird but True Questions and Answers (Every Answer Checked)

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1. Funny trivia at a glance
2. Weird but true: history round
3. Random trivia question picker
4. The one-hour plan

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Funny trivia at a glance

150weird but true questions

20 sto agree on one answer

+1for the best wrong answer

1 hourfor five rounds

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Weird but true: history round

20 questions, 1 point each. Bonus point for the funniest wrong answer.

1.Did Cleopatra live closer in time to the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza or to the Moon landing?
2.Which is older: Oxford University or the Aztec Empire?
3.The shortest war on record, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted about how long?
4.What did real Viking helmets not have?
5.The Eiffel Tower was meant to stand for how long when it was built?
6.What color was the Statue of Liberty when it was unveiled?
7.Were woolly mammoths still alive somewhere on Earth when the Great Pyramid was built?
8.Nintendo was founded in 1889. What did it make?
9.What was the first product ever scanned with a barcode at a checkout, in 1974?
10.What did one of the first webcams, at the University of Cambridge, show?
11.Which game you might play at a picnic was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920?
12.Which animal was sometimes put on trial in medieval European courts?
13.Before rubber erasers, what did people use to rub out pencil marks?
14.What job did Queen Elizabeth II train for during World War II?
15.The man who designed the Pringles can asked to be buried in what?
16.Play-Doh was first sold as what?
17.Who invented the Slinky, by accident?
18.Which was invented first: the fax machine or the telephone?
19.What was bubble wrap first designed to be?
20.What was the first toy ever advertised on television?

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Random trivia question picker

35 weird but true questions, no repeats

Cut along the dashed lines. The answer is upside down at the bottom of each card.

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Which is the only country whose national flag is not a rectangle?
Nepal
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Which country has a dragon on its national flag?
Bhutan (Wales has one too, but it is part of the UK)
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What is Scotland's national animal?
The unicorn
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What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra, not Sydney
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Which country has more ancient pyramids than Egypt?
Sudan
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Which country calls itself Suomi?
Finland
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Which country has the most lakes?
Canada
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What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
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How many time zones does Russia have?
11
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Which big city sits on two continents?
Istanbul, in Europe and Asia
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Counting its overseas territories, which country has the most time zones?
France, with 12
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Which is the only US state whose name has one syllable?
Maine
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Which sport was first played on the Moon, in 1971?
Golf
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How many dots are there on a pair of standard dice?
42
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What did the Q in Q-tips originally stand for?
Quality
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What is Barbie's full name?
Barbara Millicent Roberts
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What is Homer Simpson's middle name?
Jay
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What is Scooby-Doo's full first name?
Scoobert
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What was the Monopoly man originally called?
Rich Uncle Pennybags
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According to its creator, what food inspired the shape of Pac-Man?
A pizza with a slice missing
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In which country is there a championship in carrying your wife through an obstacle course?
Finland
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At Cooper's Hill in England, people chase what down a steep slope?
A wheel of cheese
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Which language has the most native speakers?
Mandarin Chinese
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What color is an airplane's black box?
Bright orange
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How many is a baker's dozen?
13
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What was Google's search engine called before it was Google?
BackRub
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The name LEGO comes from Danish words meaning what?
Play well
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Nokia started in 1865 as what kind of business?
A paper pulp mill
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What was the first video ever uploaded to YouTube, in 2005?
Me at the zoo, a short clip at the elephants
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What is the most common letter in English?
E
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Can you see the Great Wall of China from space with the naked eye?
No, that is a myth
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Do goldfish really have a three-second memory?
No, they can remember things for months
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Does the color red make bulls angry?
No, they react to the movement of the cape
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Does lightning ever strike the same place twice?
Yes. The Empire State Building is hit around 20 times a year
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Can cats taste sweet food?
No. Cats lack a working sweet taste receptor

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The one-hour plan

0:00
Animals
Start with the round where everybody has an opinion and nobody has a clue.
0:10
Food
Best while people are still holding the snacks you are asking about.
0:20
Weird history
The printable round, teams write straight onto the sheet.
0:30
Short break
Refill the snacks and read the scoreboard out loud.
0:35
Science
Let the table vote before you read the answer.
0:45
Words
Answers people use every day without knowing their name.
0:55
Random picker
Let chance decide the finale.

Times are approximate. Short rounds of 5 to 10 questions keep the whole thing to about an hour.

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